ROYAL ICING FLOWERS

Posted by CHADS (777 days ago)

HI,

CAN ANY ONE SEND ME VERY EASY /SHORT TIME METHOD TO ICING FLOWERS.
I HAVE ROYAL ICING FLOWER METHOD BY ADDING 'MERINGUE POWDER'. CAN THIS BE REPLACED BY 'EGG WHITE' AS I AM OUT OF THIS POWDER
THANKS
TARA

(I am based in Hong Kong)

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Posted by Claire (776 days ago)

I have a recipe for royal cake icing. What does the icing flowers mean? And please, please turn off your capitals, you are "shouting" at us.

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Posted by CANDDS (776 days ago)

Hi
Icing flowers are flowers that looks like real flowers , made up of icing. I know that tip 224 or 8 works well for this.
Pls pass your recipe.
Thanks
tara

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Claire (776 days ago)

My recipe makes enough to ice one cake.

Royal Icing

Ingredients:
600g icing sugar
3 egg whites
1 tsp lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp glycerine (optional)

And some extra egg white to thin icing if required


Method
1. Sieve the icing sugar.
2. Whisk the egg whites in a large bowl until they become frothy.
3. Add the icing sugar to the egg whites, a spoonful at a time, and fold in.
4. Add the lemon juice and glycerine. Stir.
5. Beat the icing until it is very stiff and white (unless using colouring, of course) and stands up in peaks.

Add a little extra egg white if the mixture is too thick to pipe. Or a little bit of icing sugar if too soft.

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Posted by CANDDS (776 days ago)

THANKS,
Can I use to make flowers?. Mixture should be hard enough and not smooth like butter cream icing.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Claire (775 days ago)

This will set, it's the icing on traditional Christmas and wedding cakes and has a smooth, hard, matte finish. The glycerine will stop a crust from forming so you can opt to leave it out if you want the flowers to be 'harder'.

BTW, liquid colouring will make the mixture softer so expect to add a little icing sugar. The paste colours shouldn't affect the consistency.

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